Art Deco Portrait Bust by Affortunato Gory

Art Deco sculpture crafted of bronze with brown patina, depicting a nude crouched woman holding a drapery. The figure is resting on a red and beige marble plinth. The bronze is marke...

Bronze statue with dark brown patina featuring an elephant and its two baby elephants. The group rests on a black marble base. This bronze animal sculpture is signed: Caputo Bronze. Art Deco period. Ulisse Caputo (1872-1948) is a Neapolitan painter who lived in Paris. Student of Domenico Morelli and Gaetano Esposito...

Proof in bronze with a nuanced brown-green patina, representing the bust of a bare, muscular man. This is a signed edition cast made by the author himself. Indeed, Pierre Chenet stil...

This Art Deco sculpture captures the Samaritan woman wearing a tunic draped about her body, carrying the jug. Her hair pulled up in a bun, is supported...

Art Deco sculpture in white marble representing a reclining odalisque, leaning on a cushion and holding a fan. The headdress is stylized, topped by a headband in the fashion of the 1930s and holds short, curly hair. The work on the face is fine and the look is accentuated by hollowed out almond-shaped eyes. The body is sculpted in the antique style and slightly androgynous. The young woman rests on a white marble base carved in the manner of a Turkish carpet, revealing geometric and floral motifs. A second base in Breche Medici supports the whole. Work of the French school of the early twentieth century. Base dimensions: 63cm x 22cm x 3cm (24.80 in x 8.66 in x 1.18 in) Overall dimensions: W: 65cm, D: 22cm, H: 40cm. Overall dimensions: W: 25,6in, D: 8,7in, H: 15,7in. THE FIGURE OF THE ODALISQUE IN ART Odalisques are virgin slaves of the Ottoman seraglio. They were offered to the various women of the Sultan...

This is a bust of Psyche in patinated bronze by the founders Boyer and Rolland. It represents a young woman wearing butterfly wings in her hair with her head turned towards an insect placed on her shoulder. The little butterfly probably represents Cupid. It is an evocation of the myth Cupid and Psyche. The sculpture rests on a red marble base placed on a rectangular stand. It is a sand casting made in the foundry of Boyer and Rolland whose mark is on the back of the bust. On the side, it is annotated Mm Léon Bertaux...

An early Art Deco bronze nude sculpture of a Dancer by Affortunato Gory. This is one of the most spectacular pieces we have been able to offer. The darkly gilded patina is smooth and flawless, highlighting all the delicate features of the subject. Note her lovely face, perfectly rendered hands, and feet (the details many sculptors do not execute so deftly). Her elaborate headdress has great texture, and the alabaster ball...

An early 25" Art Deco bronze nude sculpture of a Flapper Dancer by Affortunato Gory. This is one of the most spectacular pieces we have been able to offer. The darkly gilded patina i...

A bust of a woman signed by Gory, France. Face in marble, hat and bust bronze-mounted on a red marble stand.

A lovely early 20th century Italian Carrara marble sculpture of two sisters by Affortunato Gory Depicting two little girls reading, one with a b...

Gilt bronze and marble sculpture signed Affortunato Gory. Louis XV style. France, circa 1920. Carrara and Breccia marble.

This elegant bust of a young woman was created by the acclaimed sculptor, Affortunato Gory (Italian, fl. 1895-1925). Affortunato Gory (also known as Fortunato Gory) studied under the...